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Cosi bella voi sete
Staff Notation • Sacred, Madrigals
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Cosi bella voi sete by Benedetto Ferrari — Lyrics
Cosi bella voi sete,
Donna che con begli occh'il cor m'ardete,
e nel mirar voi sola
ah qual dolcezza l'anima m'invola.
Dolce amoroso foco
m'arde mentr'io vi miro à poco à poco
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About Cosi bella voi sete
Benedetto Ferrari's Cosi bella voi sete is a secular Italian madrigal for solo tenor. The text expresses the overwhelming power of love, describing how the beloved's beauty sets the singer's heart ablaze with a sweet, burning fire. Even though this ardour leads to a kind of dying, the singer finds life in this passionate death, where the very light that deprives him of life also sustains him. It is a vivid depiction of the paradoxes of intense romantic feeling, characteristic of the madrigal tradition.
